[MplsSteve]

Interesting article. TY for posting it.

I believe Minnesota is somewhat the same...geographically.

Bush lost Hennepin and Ramsey (Minneapolis and St Paul) counties by such large margins, it was impossible to win the state for Bush.

The inner cities as well as the first-ring suburbs provided Kerry's strong base from which he took Minnesota's 10 EV's.

I gotta give credit to the DFL. They worked their base hard...real hard. They hit the inner city areas over and over again. They weren't content with winning 65% of the vote. They wanted more....and they got it.

[brianl703]

I was told by someone who lives in DuPage County that the democrats don't show their faces there, "it's just not done".

DuPage County is about 20 miles west of Chicago.

[MamaLucci]

I live in central Illinois, my county, which is filled with labor union members, voted, by a slim margin, for GW Bush, and kicked out a 20 year veteran of the state senate, an entrenched democrat, and replaced him with a pro-business Republican.

[Tribune7]

Same thing in Pa. and Mich.

[happygrl]

Much the same story here in Pennsylvania: Philly went totally for Kerry, while the rest of the state was either Kerry lite or went for Bush.

It's in the cities where the Demos retain any wallop they still have.